Usually means: Electrostatic generator for high voltages.
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  1. Van de Graaff generator, Van de Graaff generator: Merriam-Webster
  2. van de Graaff generator: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Van de Graaff generator: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Van de Graaff generator: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Van de Graaff generator: Vocabulary.com
  6. Van de Graaff generator: Wiktionary
  7. Van de Graaff generator: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Van de Graaff generator: Dictionary.com
  9. Van de Graaff generator: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Van de graaff generator: Rhymezone
  11. van de graaff generator: FreeDictionary.org
  12. van de graaff generator: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Van de Graaff generator: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Van de Graaff generator: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Van de Graaff generator: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Van de Graaff generator: Medical dictionary

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noun:  (physics) A device in which an electric charge is built up on a large spherical electrode by means of a rapidly moving belt.

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